What do Guy Fieri and Blake Shelton have in common? It is their love of turkey hunting . Watch a special episode of Avian-X TV featuring Fieri and Shelton spending time clucking, gobbling and cooking up turkey on Shelton's ranch on March 7 at 7 p.m. ET.

Dave Comroe stepped to the firing line, raised his 12-gauge Browning over and under shotgun, aimed and fired. Before him, a pigeon fell, moments after being released from a box less than 20 yards away.

A DNR conservation officer investigating an elk poaching has identified the Jackson County hunter believed to be responsible after finding a grocery store receipt among the elk's scattered entrails. The hunter has allegedly confessed to the killing and charges are now being reviewed by Otsego County Prosecutor Kyle Legel, according to information from the Department of Natural Resources.

Fisher Whitlock's huge non-typical buck, taken last November in Henry County, Va., was Best in Show at this past weekend's Dixie Deer Classic. For sportsmen who battled the elements to attend this past weekend's Dixie Deer Classic, the trip was worth the effort, especially for those interested in the annual Big Buck Contest, which sent a 10-year-old Virginia boy home with its top prize.

Youth turkey hunting opportunity The ODNR Division of Wildlife offers special opportunities for young hunters Check out this story on mansfieldnewsjournal.com: http://ohne.ws/1BzIcQm The ODNR Division of Wildlife will offer special opportunities for young hunters seeking wild turkeys this spring. In addition to the statewide youth hunting days Apr. 18 and 19 on both private and public lands, the Division of Wildlife will be holding a drawing on Saturday, April 11, for a special, controlled turkey hunting opportunity within the refuge portion of the Killburck Marsh Wildlife Area.

There they were, just a few short paragraphs thrown in at the end of a much longer story about elk hunting in Arkansas. It seems as though more elk were bagged last season in Arkansas than ever before.

THE first shot has been fired in the battle between Victoria's 26,000 registered duck hunters and Cairn Curran reservoir residents. Residents have called for the cancellation of the 2015 duck hunting season, which will open March 21 and run for 12 weeks.

On the latest edition of Amazing America with Sarah Palin , viewers were treated to stories of love through hunting. The stars of the show are truly selfless heroes-men and women who set up dream hunts for terminally ill children and brave members of the FDNY and NYPD.

Lofty perch: A turkey vulture spreads its wings while sunning itself near Kirkersville this week. Turkey vultures often are seen holding their wings open, which is believed to help in drying the wings, warming the body and baking off bacteria.

The editors of Travelers' Tales are thrilled to announce the winners of the Ninth Annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year. Grand Prize winner Amy Gigi Alexander collected $1,000 for 'Oranges and Roses,' her extraordinary account of being embraced by Senegalese immigrants in Paris and indigenous people in Panama.

Spring turkey season opens later this month Spring turkey season opens later this month Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://tnsne.ws/1BqtTxp Well, we have thus far missed our north Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries public meetings that were scheduled to be held in Ruston and Columbia. Hopefully better weather will occur and we can attend these meetings.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is teaching people to hunt for their own wild turkeys, as part of an effort to increase interest in hunting and bolster public support for wild land and conservation. Minnesota Public Radio News reported that food co-ops have been helping increase interest in deer and turkeys among people who want to know where their food comes from.